There are some minor wrinkles at edges of the dustjacket but otherwise, overall, the book is in very good condition and the dj is in better than good condition. Some black and white photos and illustrations. Edited by Gene De Gruson, this edition contains the Socialist Party agenda, the original Fryer photos and illustrations, and ethnic detail commissioned by the 'Appeal to Reason' but excluded by Doubleday, Page. The title was retained onlybecause the work had earlier circulated under that name." - from the front flap. In fact, allustions to 'the jungle' were reduced to a single reference. HIs original manuscript waas heavily edited by his puboisher, eliminating on the grounds of commercial viability all ethnic detail and the socialist agenda that later ba\ecame the platform of the labor movement inthe 30s and 40s. Yet the popular Doubleday, Page edition, upon which the reputation of 'The Jungle' rests, is not the version of the work endorsed by Upton Sinclair. Its revelations about the conditons of filth and human degradation in the Chicago meat packing industry stand as a monument to the ability of fiction to transform society. "Few works of fiction have had the social impact of 'The Jungle'. Upton Sinclairs ' The Jungle ' follows the life of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis and his family through Chicago s meatpacking district known as 'Packingtown.' First published in a 1905.
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Or what specific changes Perrault made to it. We don’t know what the original tale was like. And his glittering court was as salacious as it was elegant.ĭuring this most wicked time period, Perrault created his fairy tales from folklore he’d heard many times, stories that have delighted people for centuries: Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, and Bluebeard-to name a few.Ī MIDNIGHT DANCE is based on his most famous fairy tale of all . . . Perrault lived in seventeenth-century France during the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV. He was the author of The Tales of Mother Goose, and the father of fairy tales who started the beloved genre. Long before Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm, there was a writer by the name of Charles Perrault. You can read my review of A MIDNIGHT DANCE HERE To celebrate it’s (re)release, A MIDNIGHT DANCE is on sale for a limited time at just 99 cents! I am delighted to welcome back USA Today Bestselling Author of Historical Romance, LILA DIPASQUA, to celebrate the re-release of her Fiery Tales novel, A MIDNIGHT DANCE, complete with a gorgeous new cover! The wheel slowed even more as I neared the top, and I saw Lorraine then. His face darkened, writhed, became a horrible thing to behold, and I slashed at the cord that bound his ankle and he fell from sight. A fair-haired youth hung upside down before me, shouting pleas and warnings that were drowned in the cacophony of voices. The wheel had begun to slow and I was on the rise. We were all shouting for it to stop for us and wailing as we passed the top and headed down once more. I regarded a big roulette wheel, and we were all of us on it-my brothers, my sisters, myself, and others whom I knew or had known-rising and falling, each with his allotted section. I slept then and I dreamed, but not of the place that I sought. My head nodding with each creak of the wheel, I forced everything else from my mind and set about remembering the necessary texture of the sand, its coloration, the temperature, the winds, the touch of salt in the air, the clouds. Watching the wheel and listening to the water were more than just relaxing. The mill was deserted today, and I contemplated it because I had not seen its like in ages. The steady splashing and the sound of the wheel drowned out all other noises in the wood. There was a tiny rainbow in the mist above the froth and boil at the foot of the waterfall, and an occasional droplet found its way to me. I was lying on my stomach on the stream's opposite bank, my head propped in my hands. “I sucked on a blade of grass and watched the millwheel turn. The clues are embedded within the story so that the reader is able to work along with the sleuths to figure out the mystery.Īnything you didn’t like about it? There were parts of the book that were a little difficult to understand. Readers will relate to the typical teenage boredom, where nothing ever cool or interesting happens, until something does. The main characters are likeable with their humor and banter between the friends. The book was well written, and quick to read. They work together with other detectives their age – and even ghosts – to hunt for clues and solve the case. Best friends Marzana and Nialla are put to work when a strange crime is committed. What did you like about the book? The Thief Knot is a mystery perfect for older children and young teens. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 2 The Thief Knot: A Greenglass House Story by Kate Milford illustrated by Jaime Zollars. Gogol also wrote the play The Inspector (1836), Dead Souls (1842), and several moralizing essays defending the Tsarist regime, to the horror of his liberal and radical friends. Diary of a Madman and The Story of the Quarrel between Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich appeared in 1934, The Nose in 1836, and The Overcoat in 1842. He even managed for a short period to be Professor of History at the University of St. Gogol was introduced to Zhukovsky, the romantic poet, and to Pushkin, and with the publication of Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka (1831) he had an entr e to all the leading literary salons. He went to St Petersburg in 1829 and with the help of a friend gained a post in one of the government ministries. He attended school in N zhin and gained a reputation for his theatrical abilities. Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol was born in 1809 his family were small gentry of Ukrainian cossack extraction, and his father was the author of a number of plays based on Ukrainian popular tales. Graham doesn’t try to sugarcoat the fact that a double helping of ego tends to be part of the package when one is a creative genius, nor is she apologetic about the fact that she liked men and went after those she wanted. Kirkus Reviews said the book “feels as if it were dictated a few minutes at a time and left largely unedited,” and the Los Angeles Times reviewer wrote that it reminded one of the “rambling, disjunctive quality as the dangerously long, seemingly shapeless pre-curtain speeches she insisted upon making once she could no longer dance her own repertoire.” And toward the end, the names start dropping like bits of shrapnel.īut, at the same time, you’ve got to respect the kind of passion that could keep Graham going until she succumbed to pneumonia just a few weeks short of her 97th birthday. Indeed, there are some suggestions that it was more dictated, to her companion and assistant, Ron Protas. Now, this is hardly what one would call great writing. I am not a follower of ballet or dance, but when I started leafing through Martha Graham’s autobiography, Blood Memory: An Autobiography, I soon found I had to keep going and finish it. The modern film The Birth of a Nation used the Nat Turner template as the basis of the film and gave a more principled take of Nat Turner. Styron's book did use the stereotypes that subsequently offended some people a few years after the book was released in 1967. To me when someone tackles the subject of Nat Turner I look at it as a Rorschach test. Was he a mad man? Was he a principled man? The documented "confessions" are not corroborated, so no one knows the truth about Turner's life and motivation. Basically the known facts are that Nat Turner and a band of slaves escaped and killed 55 white men, women and children in Southampton VA before being caught and hanged to death on November 11, 1831. Needless to say there are many gaps to fill and Styron created an imaginary story of a young slave who engaged in slave revolt in 1831. The written record of the real life Nat Turner is very scant because all there is is the "Confessions" recorded by his defense lawyer. Styron said that this book is not historical fiction, but rather a meditation on history. While I did not feel that Nat Turner was as good as Sophie's Choice I still highly recommend the novel. A few month's ago I read Sophie's Choice by the same author and was blown away, so I felt I had to read Nat turner as well. Early in the book, when the political persecution is just getting going, he’s at a trial and notes how everyone was astonished by the proceedings: “some even dared to laugh. It’s a tragic tale, the lack of comprehension of the Kazakh herders at what the Soviet bureaucratic state was up to painful to read. He manages to survive both the Kazakh famine and the Great Patriot War, fighting in the army at Stalingrad. The Silent Steppe The Story of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin by Mukhamet Shayakhmetov and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available. By 9 he is acting as the man in the family, going long distances on horseback on his own to get food for his father in prison. In this book, Shayakhmetov recalls the scale of suffering in his homeland under Stalin's rule. He is just 7 years old when Stalin’s campaign to dispossess the kulaks reaches Altai in 1929, netting first his uncle and then his father. Born into a family of nomadic Kazakh herdsmen in 1922, Mukhamet Shayakhmetov's father was imprisoned as an 'enemy of the people' as Soviet rule spread across his people's vast steppe-land in central Asia. Born in 1922, Mukhamet Shayakhmetov’s life revolves around his ‘aul’, the traditional Kazakh family grouping that is both abstract and the collection of yurts that moves around between winter and summer-with herds of camels, horses, cattle and sheep. This is a firsthand account, matter-of-fact in tone, by a Kazakh herder of his life growing up in 20th century Kazakhstan. The Silent Steppe: The Story of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin by Mukhamet Shayakhmetov A number of papers relate to the aftermath, including the trial of Secretary William Davison and Beale's own case as the man who had delivered the death warrant to Fotheringhay.The great majority of the papers relate to Mary, Queen of Scots. The contents largely relate to Mary Queen of Scots, the plots around her, and her trial and execution. The worn title on the spine reads "Collections of State Papers My d MS:". The volume bears traces of labels (certainly) on the spine and (on the front cover). Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS Caligula C IX.This volume was compiled by Robert Beale, Clerk of the Privy Council. Papers and correspondence relating to Mary, Queen of Scots: the conspiracies and plots involving her and her trial and execution and its aftermath, 1559-1594, n.d. Her older sister, Georgina Ahern, is married to Nicky Byrne of Irish pop group Westlife. Ahern also created and produced the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate.Īhern is the daughter of former Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland, Bertie Ahern and Miriam Ahern. She has published several novels and contributed a number of short stories to various anthologies. She and her books have won numerous awards, including the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction for The Year I Met You. The short story collection Roar has been adapted as a series for AppleTV+. Two of her books have been adapted as major motion films. Born in Dublin, Ahern is now published in nearly fifty countries, and has sold over 25 million copies of her novels worldwide. Cecelia Ahern (born 30 September 1981) is an Irish novelist, known for her works like PS, I Love You Where Rainbows End and If You Could See Me Now. |